Ceiling-lighting fixture



Jan. 7, 1930. H. D'QLIER, JR I CEILING LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed July 29.1925 IBY v Patented Jan. 7, 193a r v 1 742 435.51

HENRY n'oLIna, Ja, or nnijiaenronnioorinnotiiotrr animate-melamine rixrunn' Application filed July as, 1925. Serial no. 46,728.' I 7 Myinvention relates to ceiling lighting ber7 and the lights are carriedthereby. The fixtures and particularly to means for supmember 7 maybe ofany desired. form porting the light carrying member. or design and isprovided with a canopy 9 In ceiling lighting fixtures it has been the ot-usual construction, which, when moved .5 practice heretofore to attachthe light sup-. upwardly and'locked inpositionibythe screw 55 portingmember to the junction box or out-let 10,:conceals the various. partsincluding the box by means of a rigid mechanical joint. union betweenthe wires 4 of the conduit and Ordinarily this has been done byproviding the wiresllwhich lead toxthelamps carried a rigid boss orother projection on the outlet bymember 7. -All that is required inattach:

10 box and attaching the light supporting menr ingutie lights to thecircuit in the arrange- 60 her thereto by screw threads. ,Thisnecessimentabove described is that of merely hooktates considerableskill and often much time ing thehook 8 over the rod 5, attaching theand labor and is therefore relatively expenwires 11 to the wires '4 andthe placing of the sive. canopy up against itheceiling and tighten- Ihave devised a means whereby the lamp ing the screw10. Obviously thismaybedone 65 supporting member may be supported by the by an unskilledworkmanwithoutthe necesoutlet box, conduit member or other 0011- sityofusingany-tools otherthan a screw- Venient part without the skill andexpense driver. x ,i f above mentioned and with as'good or better InFig.2 Iihave shown aj -diflerent typeof results as heretofore secured. iI fixture but the principle thereotissubstan- 7 My invention will bebetter understood bf tially the same as that already described. Inreading the following description taken in this'form otlthe inventionsurface conduits 12 connection with the accompanying drawings and 13 areattached to the ceiling. A so k t. forming a part thereof and in which:member 14. is also attached to the ceiling.

Fig. 1 is a View Showing er ain par s in Bands 15ofmetal; orothersuitable material 75 section and others in elevation of a deviceare slipped on to the conduits 12 and 18, re-. embodying my invention.spectively, before the samev are fastened up Fig. 2 is a view showing anelevation of a against the socket member-141. The supports deviceembodying my invention, certain parts 15am p ovided with loo portions 16whi h being 011i; yextend below theconduits 12 and 13 and a 80 Fig. 3 15a vl w Sh Wmg a e18Vlt10Il Of wire rod 17 or a similar member of othersuitfurther mochficatlon. f h lnVeIltlOIlable material 1s attached tosaid members 15 Referring to g- 1 0f h r g a 1 by passing the ends ofthe rod through the fion lOOX Outlet bOX 1 1S Shown embeddeQ loops 16and bending them over as shown in flUSh Vlllh the ceiling this arrangenent 100p is pro- 5 y take y m and 2 l e p vided, on to which may belaced the hook 19 mg 1113011 the Particular 01mm? to be accomwhich isattached to the light supporting modated. A conduit3 opens into the box1 member Wi t h i a Wires extend through the Condult 3 nected with theterminals of the socket 14 in 40 111) h bOX 111 the usual ythe usual wayand a plug 21 to which are at- 90 A wire rod 5 or a member of othersu1table' tached wires 22, leading to the lights, maybe 1115661111113ffistelled'ln the 1 y hill/11.13 lts plugged into the socket so as tocomplete the ends extend P through OPemngS 1n tha circuit to the lampscarried by the member 20. The ends 6 bent sldelYle SO as to P p Acanopy23 is also carried by the member 20 3 Secure the rod 5 in POSltlOIL Therod 5 is and when moved to the position shown, con- 95 bent 111 a gen rl U sh pe and it Will be ceals the various parts heretofore described.noted that it is non-rigidly attached to or car- The canopy is held inposition by thescrew Y ried by the box. The light supporting mem- 24. Italso has portions cut away to permit her 7 is provided with a hook' 8which is the conduits 12 and 13 to pass through, whereplaced over theloop in the rod 5 and the memupon the canopy fits snug against thece1ling. 1

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification of the invention in which a boxhas in one side a round opening through which the end 26 of thesupporting member 27 extends, and the other side has an oblong opening28 through which the curved end 29 of member 27 may be placed after theend 26, has been passed through the opening on the left hand side of thebox. This arrangement permits of the ready removal of the member 27 fromthe box if such removal is desired. A hook 30 on the light supportingmember 31 is placed over the member 27 in the same manner and for thesame purpose above described.

By the provision of the above simple means, the light supporting memberof a ceiling fixture may be placed in or removed from posltion veryeasily and without the requirement of any substantialskill or expense,and at the same time all of the advantages and benefits secured by theconstructions as heretofore used.

Slight changes may be made in the details without departing-from myinvention, as for instance, the hook may be placed on the member 5 andthe'loop -on the lamp supporting member. I

1. In a ceiling lighting fixture, the combination of an outlet box, aloop member having its ends passing through the walls of the outlet boxand supported thereby, and a lighting fixture having a hook thereonadapted to cooperate with said loop member and be supported thereby.

2. In a ceiling lighting nation of an outlet box, a loop member havingits ends passing freelythrough the walls of said outlet box andsupported thereby, a lighting fixture conduit having a hook thereonadapted to cooperate with said loop mem her and be supported thereby anda canopy carried by said conduit.

HENRY DOLIER, JR. i

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